flattree.tree
Interface Leaf

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractLeaf, ConstantLeaf, DelimitedLeaf, EscapedDelimitedLeaf, FixedLengthLeaf, JumpLeaf, PaddedFixedLengthLeaf, QuotedDelimitedLeaf, SkipLeaf, SyntheticLeaf, ValueLeaf

public interface Leaf

A Node's leaf.
Not all leaves have State, see ValueLeaf for those subclasses.

Field Summary

static boolean

REQUIRED

Method Summary

boolean	read(ReadLine line, State state) Read this leaf from the given line.
void	write(WriteLine line, State state) Write this leaf to the given line.

Field Detail

REQUIRED

static final boolean REQUIRED

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

read

boolean read(ReadLine line,
             State state)

Read this leaf from the given line.

Parameters:

line - line to read from

state - state to get this leaf's value from

Returns:

true if leaf could be read or false otherwise

Throws:

TreeException - if this leaf failed to read

write

void write(WriteLine line,
           State state)

Write this leaf to the given line.

Parameters:

line - line to write to

state - state to put this leaf's value to